Fueled by estrogen and testosterone (testosterone in men, estrogen in women)
During this time, we feel completely love struck, and we have trouble thinking of anything but the person we have fallen in love with.
Attraction:
Three main neurotransmitters involved in this stage of love
Adrenaline
During this stage your stress response is activated which in turn increases your blood levels of adrenaline.
Effects:
You feel exhilarated
Your mouth gets dry
Your heart rate speeds up
You may start to sweat
Dopamine
When triggered by intense pleasure, dopamine starts a rewards system in the brain.
This rewards system makes you want to be with your partner more often.
Effects of release of dopamine
More energy
Less need for sleep
Less need for food
Fixed attention
High delight
Seratonin
Changes the way you think
Attachment:
This stage of love keeps couples together for long enough to sustain children
Two hormones are involved in this stage of love
Oxtyocin
Released by both men and women after sex
Increases trust
Causes mother rats to become attached to their pups
Vasopressin
Important in maintaining long term relationships
Prairie voles were given a chemical to decrease their levels of vasopressin,and as a result eventually left their partner. Go to our Current Research page for more information on this.
Love can be categorized into three stages: lust, attraction, and attachment.
Lust:
- Fueled by estrogen and testosterone (testosterone in men, estrogen in women)
- During this time, we feel completely love struck, and we have trouble thinking of anything but the person we have fallen in love with.
Attraction:- Three main neurotransmitters involved in this stage of love
- Adrenaline
- During this stage your stress response is activated which in turn increases your blood levels of adrenaline.
- Effects:
- You feel exhilarated
- Your mouth gets dry
- Your heart rate speeds up
- You may start to sweat
- Dopamine
- When triggered by intense pleasure, dopamine starts a rewards system in the brain.
- This rewards system makes you want to be with your partner more often.
- Effects of release of dopamine
- More energy
- Less need for sleep
- Less need for food
- Fixed attention
- High delight
- Seratonin
- Changes the way you think
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Attachment:Enjoy the video below ;D
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